For comparison, here is a picture of the sweetcorn on May 30:
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Ten days later, they have grown by 20 inches:
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Silks are now showing and growing at an unbelievable rate:
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At this pace, I should have corn on the July 4'th table.
Early Girl on the left, with Bloody Butcher on the right:
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Wonderful green leaves from bottom to top. Far different than last Season. Fortunately, no sign of Powdery Leaf Mildew this season (so far).
But, there is no "Free Lunch". I'm having critters starting to develop, but only on 3 Varieties, which is kind of strange:
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I'm using Sevin on them with some success.
The Calcium Nitrate "snack" trial is going well. Here is my Goose Creek (left) and Sudduth (right) on June 1:
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Here is the same 'Tainer today June 9:
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12 inches of growth in the past 8 days! I have expanded the "snack" treatment to all of my 'Tainers as of yesterday.
The over-wintered Peppers continue to outpace those started from seed in January:
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So for early June, things are going pretty well:
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